Changji Photovoltaic Solar Power Generation

Does Xinjiang have more solar power than the UK?

Lin Boqiang, director of China Center for Energy Economics Research at Xiamen University, said that the total wind and solar PV electricity capacity in Xinjiang is larger than that in the UK, Belgium, Netherlands or Japan, citing data.

How much green energy does Xinjiang have?

According to Wang, the base can generate about 2.1 billion kWh of electricity from green energy annually, nearly 4.5 percent of Shihezi's total electricity output in 2022, saving 650,000 tonnes of standard coal. Xinjiang's installed power capacity from new energy sources has surpassed 62 million kilowatts.

What are Xinjiang's advantages in developing new-energy electricity generation?

Lin noted that Xinjiang's advantages in developing new-energy electricity generation are its strong winds and long hours of sunlight.

How big is Xinjiang's new energy capacity?

Xinjiang aims to increase the new-energy installed capacity to 82.4 GW by the end of China's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, per the local government's 2020 work report. According to Lin, national wind and solar capacity is around 500 GW, and Xinjiang's 35.83 GW makes up a significant part of that.

How big is China's solar power capacity?

The total capacity of solar and wind power has climbed by 135 percent from 2015, reaching the cumulative amount of 35.83 GW, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday, citing a source from the Xinjiang branch of the State Grid Corp of China (SGCC).

How many kilowatt-hours will Xinjiang receive this year?

With efforts to constantly upgrade power transmission, the volume of electricity sent from Xinjiang to other regions is planned to exceed 110 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) this year, among which 27 billion kWh will come from new-energy generation, according to an announcement released by SGCC's Xinjiang branch.